The Ultimate Ninja Storm series is known for being a great accessible yet deep fighting game series. The sequel to the original has now been announced, not only for the PS3 but for the Xbox 360 also.
NeoGameSpark does discuss a possible problem with the game, though:
Lol, deep . Anyway, if it's a multiplat, chances are it will have online (It'll be on the 360, ffs)
Nice, the first game was good even if the story was repetitive. But the actual fighting mode in it was really enjoyable and fluid.
So this one will have characters from part 2 which is cool as long as most of them are playable especially all the villains, some of those guys had crazy powers and moves i would love to try out.
Seems like it is a minimum of a year wait anyway till it's gonna be released to Europe so no point getting too hyped about it….
I wanted to come in here and rag on a Naruto game… but then realised it's probably better than the actual series.
If the gameplay's better than the first, I'll prob. get it. As for the first game…I'll prob. wait for a price drop then get it.
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Game has online functionality.
I think they really didn't add anything really that new to the game when I got my hands on the game at E3.
Other than maybe Online and new playable characters its pretty much just an Upgrade. A worthwhile upgrade.
The new Boss Battle modes are awesome. I only got to play vs Kakashi but it was fun. Kept dying tho 
I can't wait for the game myself even tho I never really am that into Naruto other than the games.
Killer Bee gonna be fun 
But the Naruto games ARE pretty awesome, especially the ones developed by Cyber Connect. I wouldn't say they were deep, but there was certainly more to them than met the eye (incredibly flashy super moves).
The series may suck, but the games are a whole different story.
So it's all flash and no substance? 
Ah, no, maybe I wasn't clear enough. I meant there was more to them than just the flashy super moves. I played the Ultimate Ninja series pretty extensively on PS2 (I modded my PS2 for the express purpose of playing them, actually - so I would pick up the latest one as soon as it came out), and at higher levels of play super moves were rarely used at all - at least, they only landed infrequently against anyone who knew what they were doing at all.
Most of the gameplay was spent on combo traps and clever use of items. On the other hand, a lot of characters in the games were really, really unbalanced (lol Itachi, lol Gai) so they'd get banned from tournament play.
I didn't like the Gamecube / Wii versions so much because they felt much too floaty - like DoA with its endless air combo strings and weak methods of breaking combos. But I'll admit to only playing the earlier games in that series.
How was Ultimate Ninja Storm?
It's understandable
I do remember playing one of these games for the PS2, it was actually pretty fun, but after unlocking all the characters and shit, I pretty much just stopped playing. The only fighting games I've ever played religiously are Smash Bros. and Grand Battle. Sad, I know. Hope that changes once MVC3 comes out.
And know I like you again. I need to get my shit straight.
It's understandable
I do remember playing one of these games for the PS2, it was actually pretty fun, but after unlocking all the characters and shit, I pretty much just stopped playing. The only fighting games I've ever played religiously are Smash Bros. and Grand Battle. Sad, I know. Hope that changes once MVC3 comes out.
Yeah, it's definitely a niche game. I had the fortune of being in college when the games were coming out in japan, so I had a steady group of bros I'd play with for hours on end, until the matches got into the 40s and 50s, watching combo vids from shishi-rendan.com to learn all the ins and outs…
ahhh, those were the days
How was Ultimate Ninja Storm?
It was okay despite skipping the first arc, having no online play,no custom Ultimate Justus, repetitive mini-games and having fewer playable characters than Narutimett Hero 3.
…So you mean a cast with less than 42 characters? Narutimett 3's cast was ridonkulous. And the 2 Narutimett Accel games casts had like, over 50 characters. Considering they rebuilt the game from the ground up on a different system, seems about fair they'd be missing a lot...
There's a great lighthearted vibe around here, because no matter how serious we might get, we're all together because of some magical pirate.
…So you mean a cast with less than 42 characters? Narutimett 3's cast was ridonkulous. And the 2 Narutimett Accel games casts had like, over 50 characters. Considering they rebuilt the game from the ground up on a different system, seems about fair they'd be missing a lot…
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…So you mean a cast with less than 42 characters? Narutimett 3's cast was ridonkulous. And the 2 Narutimett Accel games casts had like, over 50 characters. Considering they rebuilt the game from the ground up on a different system, seems about fair they'd be missing a lot...
That's why I sincerely hope they add on to the roster for this game.
I liked the first one, but it needed some way to convey the story that wasn't a scroll telling you what happened before a fight. I hope this game elaborates on that.
After seeing some of the fail animation the show has had during one of it's flagship fights (against Pain) I wonder why the show doesn't just flip into this CGI. It'll always look on model and allow focus to be placed on better choreography.
After seeing some of the fail animation the show has had during one of it's flagship fights (against Pain) I wonder why the show doesn't just flip into this CGI. It'll always look on model and allow focus to be placed on better choreography.
Because CGI costs money and takes a ton of time to set up what little the games show.
And traditional character designs done in CGI always look like stiff, akward and bad and really really wierd, if they don't have great ammounts of production time. (Unless we're talking Mainframe back in the day.)
Look at the new Garfield series I just discovered today. Total abomination.
Not that the animation in the latest Naruto eps wasn't ALSO akward and wierd, but that was in a different way.
To be fair, how can you make a good Garfield series?
Garfield hasn't been good for decades.
But let's be more appropriately off-topic: Imagine a One Piece game that looked like this.
In Zombieland even Bill Murray admit his biggest regret was "Garfield"
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Yeah dude. He does have a point.
I ain't trying dickride or anything, but it DOES happens.
I'm actually siding with Zkaiser on this one.
There was another thread for the previous UNS game long time ago and that never got any of the traditional Naruto thread treatment. It came, it went, and faded away as do all old video game threads.
The other kid's thread was locked prematurely.
On another note, I'd kill to another Grand Battle made with the production value of UNS.
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Sigh. It is sad that One Piece does not have a game of that quality yet.
The visuals are incredible. The Naruto vs Pain will easily be better than the anime.
The shitty shows/mangas get the good games, and vice versa.
Sad, but true.
The shitty shows/mangas get the good games, and vice versa.
Sad, but true.
We cannot deny that 4kids kinda screwed One Piece.
Naruto seems way more popular in Europe and America. I guess Namco Bandai wants to sale as many units around the world.
We will just have to hope One Piece gets more. An RPG or a fighting game could fit the One Piece franchise the most.
Yeah, but if it's another Unlimited, count me out. Even if it IS an HD multiplat..
I see everyone hyping the new one for the DS, but ehh… All I want is a brand new HD Grand Battle with updated roster, atleast 7 or 6 new maps, two specials for the Strawhats instead of just one, moar support characters, new mechanics, new moves etc.
Game demo is crazy was a bit hard to play because of me being so rusty, but damn why did they have to push this game back til October.
Yeah, but if it's another Unlimited, count me out. Even if it IS an HD multiplat..
I see everyone hyping the new one for the DS, but ehh… All I want is a brand new HD Grand Battle with updated roster, atleast 7 or 6 new maps, two specials for the Strawhats instead of just one, moar support characters, new mechanics, new moves etc.
defenitly needs to happen NOW.
The shitty shows/mangas get the good games, and vice versa.
Sad, but true.
then why doesnt bleach have a PS3 game yet?
Is this game worth buying, or does it still need all the typical improvements that haunt most anime inspired gamesa?
cough dbz cough
Yeah, but if it's another Unlimited, count me out. Even if it IS an HD multiplat..
I see everyone hyping the new one for the DS, but ehh… All I want is a brand new HD Grand Battle with updated roster, atleast 7 or 6 new maps, two specials for the Strawhats instead of just one, moar support characters, new mechanics, new moves etc.
They already did that with "Grand Adventure", it beat the shit out of Grand Battle in terms of mechanics and depth. The only bad things were the stuttering frame rate and voices.
But Dub Sanji makes me laugh so I could bear it.
I thought it was kinda funny that america was the company to make Support Characters Attackable and have Life bars. That's something the makers of 4 of the Grand Battle games should've figured out by then.
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Is this game worth buying, or does it still need all the typical improvements that haunt most anime inspired gamesa?
cough dbz cough
Gotta be a bit more specific:ninja:.
I love how they make the Itachi/Sasuke fight seem more interesting than it actually was and make Killer Bee look like a complete joke.
Sigh. It is sad that One Piece does not have a game of that quality yet.
The visuals are incredible. The Naruto vs Pain will easily be better than the anime.
Until it starts selling in the USA yes it will sadly not get great games.
Still the Wii games i have are nice, even if the character are unbalanced has fuck.
I would love a One Piece cell shading game.
Still I would probably buy this game if I had a ps3 or Xbox360.
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I would love a One Piece sell shading game.
^This.
If there was ever a series that needed cell shaded games, it's One Piece. That's the one thing that puts me off even the unlimited series…that "solid 3D" look. Ewww...
Its nice specially in anime series, Naruto looks nice, Dragon Ball Budokais/Tenkaichis looked nice to it just captures the "anime" feeling a lot more.
